Decisions

     Making decisions are hard. Especially if you are young and need help from people around you. 


Younger people tend to ask parents or people around them for advice lot more than older kids. Even I 


ask my mom for advice before making important decisions. But how do we make decisions? Do we 


“follow our heart” like many people advice us to? Or listen to Mr. Lee by “following our logic”? He 


claims it is more safe and reasonable by listening to our brains than our heart. Question is, how would 


you make decisions? My parents always tells me to follow my heart. Mr. Lee tells me to follow my 


brain. 

     There are several factors influence decision making. These factors include past experiences, age, and

personal beliefs. I believe the factors that influence the process impact the outcome. Past experiences

impact our future decision making as well. I feel like when I made a decision in the past and resulted in a

very positive way, I tend to make decisions to similar situations. On the other hand, I tend to avoid

repeated past mistakes. There’s an old saying to learn from our mistakes. I guess that’s the answer to

these situations. Maybe that’s why those influences cause them to rely more on previous experiences. 

     Basing from my experience, the hardest decision I had to make was in my junior high summer 


vacation. I had to make a decision between doing an internship in Korea or going to NYC for fashion 


program. I was really anxious, paranoid and eager because I didn’t know what to choose. Both seemed 


like a great opportunity for my future and to be honest, I was a little hesitant to do either of them. But in 


the end, I’ve realized that the decisions that we make depends on us. It is you who makes the decision in 


the end no matter whoever tells you what to do.